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IKEA
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15 Provost DrNorth York, ON M2K 2X9
(416) 222-4532
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 10 am - 9 pm
Sat 9 am - 9 pm
Sun 10 am - 6 pm
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
20 reviews for IKEA
20 reviews in English
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Review from Q H.
North York, ON
1/21/2012
There are some very smart designs, but they ultimately lack aesthetics. Definitely function over forms. The materials feel a bit cheap too. I won't argue about build quality. I have around 5 Ikea products (console table, chair, large circular table, single-size bed, shelf), and they have been rock-solid for years. And I bought a lamp 10 years ago, and it is still kicking after some serious abuses! There are some very nice organization accessories for drawers, toothbrushes, shoe holder, etc. They are quite useful.
I could have given this 3 stars. But here are 2 bonuses that make Ikea a 5 star business.
First, the showroom gives you ideas for furniture arrangements. Nice design inspirations too if you like to work on projects. I did get nice ideas from the showroom when I decorated my chill room in the basement.
Second, they do kitchens. FOR A LOT LESS $$$$. They only sell materials (cabinets, countertops, appliances, etc.), and your contractor can install them. My neighbor did this in 2007. According to her, the contractor said it was very easy to put them together, and he finished it very quickly. And guess what? The kitchen looks as luxurious and elegant as what expensive designers could have done!!! We were all very surprised with the result. My mom recently visited the house (November of 2011), and she told me that the kitchen still looked brand new. The materials did not show any signs of wear. They remained extremely solid after 4 years according to my mom's impression.
And according to my neighbor, the service was extremely satisfying as well. They had to exchange some materials, and change designs. Those were taken care of swiftly without any hassle.Listed in: Pimp yo crib!
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Review from John F.
North York, ON
1/25/2012
As usual, when I review a chain, my review is for the location in question and not the chain itself.
This IKEA is conveniently located near both a subway stop (Leslie) and the 401. It get extraordinarily busy on weekends and is smaller than their Vaughan location. Last time I was there I bought a combo furniture item which had a part that needed to be obtained from the pickup counter as it was not a standard bin item. After the checker put in the order, it took a very long time for them to retrieve it. The sign said their wait time should be about seven minutes but a lot of the folks had been waiting a lot longer. Plus there was no one staffing the pickup counter when I arrived. Of course, it was a busy weekend, but still, the management should expect that and have enough staff on hand.
On the other hand, I have never had trouble finding parking here, even when they are busy. Maybe its because a lot of folks use the subway to get here.
I prefer the Vaughan store to this one but as this one is a short distance from my home it is more convenient. -
Review from Darren L.
Scarborough, ON
10/5/2011 1 Check-in Here
Insanely cheap furniture that will probably break within the year if it gets a lot of use. I find that things like couches and beds won't last very long for anyone over 100lbs. But the cabinets and dressers will last forever if you put them together right.
Also, they have an amazing cafeteria that has insanely cheap food. (If you are looking for quality, why are you here in the first place?) If that is the only thing you end up buying, it is still worth it. -
Review from Li K.
12/31/2011
Crappy food, crappy furniture... I have never bought anything there that I actually needed and I am always disappointed with the crappy quality...
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Review from Karen S.
9/19/2011
My first furniture as a child in Canada was from Ikea. Now that I'm all grown up and married, I find myself strolling its long continuous aisle discussing PAX closet storage systems with hubby after an inexpensive dinner at its canteen. Coming here is both fun and exhausting. How will I ever keep our place as clean and compact as the beautiful displays say I can? Truly a place for everyone - families, students, residents of condos and houses. There are furniture design ideas for whichever stage of life you're in. Not the best quality of stuff, but pretty, practical and very useful all at once.
The food at the canteen can be ridiculously cheap. Daily $1 breakfasts before 11am. The place is rammed with families on weekend mornings. Love the Swedish meatballs which is a great deal to buy frozen to bring back home at $7.49 a bag. Chicken leg with fries, white fish with cheese sauce, all good at portion sizes that leave me stuffed and hubby barely satisfied. -
Review from Luis H.
Toronto, ON
11/24/2011
Located close to the TTC's Leslie subway station (IKEA offers a free shuttle bus from station to store and back every 15 minutes), this location of the popular Swedish home furnishing chain is always full of shoppers every day of the week. Offering affordable home furnishings and accents, although I dislike most of the chain's furnitures, their home accents (rugs, pillows, shams, glasses) are decent enough to pay a visit. A small restaurant and grocery store is located by the store exit, offering shoppers a small variety of food items (the frozen yogurt cones tend to be the most popular). The great thing about this location it is accessable via the TTC (must get off at Sheppard-Yonge station to transfer to Sheppard line) which saves me a lenthy trip to their Etobicoke location.
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Review from Laura P.
Toronto, ON
2/10/2011 1 photo
Always a fun place to play on a Sunday afternoon!
My friend, who was visiting from a city with no Ikea, wanted to check out some furniture in person before ordering it online. While I've never been there on a "quiet" day, last Sunday afternoon wasn't particularly busy either. Lots of fun things to look at/sit on/buy.
We took the subway there, and tried to take the free shuttle to the store, but we couldn't figure out where to catch it. Thankfully it's only about a three minute walk from the subway station! We did manage to catch the free shuttle on our way back. I think it's fantastic they offer that kind of service!
While there, we stopped in the cafeteria for lunch. 15 meatballs with mashed potatoes for only 2.99$! What a deal! Although meatballs on sale at a furniture store seemed a bit sketchy, we ate them anyway. Certainly not the worst thing I've ever had! We even had dessert. It was some kind of chocolate bar (Daim?) pie. Tasty and gluten-free! -
Review from Elaine K.
1/19/2011
I love Ikea. Sure the quality of the furniture isn't fantastic (I'm sure we all have a Billy bookcase, sagging with books and crap) but they are able to give people decent looking items for a decent price.
Today I had the fun task of returning a whole bunch of large picture frames. Being unable to trick anyone into coming with me, I was tasked with driving to the loading area and try to heave all the frames onto a cart alone. An Ikea associate was nice enough to help me and watch the cart while I parked.
I got to the returns area which was pretty comfortable and moved quite quickly. I was happy about that.
Went to the restaurant to get breakfast, but discovered that the scrambled eggs had milk in them. No breakfast for me.
Went through the Marketplace and got a bunch of junk for my house and did the self checkout, which was quick, easy, but didn't take cash like other self checkouts.
Overall a decent experience, 1/4 of the associates I spoke to was super nice, and the other three were reasonably polite.
I will go back again, but only because at this juncture, I can't afford anything else. -
Review from Arun P.
Toronto, ON
Some food is really delicious, some not (I've n't tried all though)
If you are really really hungry, here's probably the cheapest place to get some food in Canada -
Review from Cameron O.
Toronto, ON
10/20/2010 1 Check-in Here
It's Ikea... It's Swedish... It has a funny name.
If you start having conversations with all your furniture on a first name basis then I would suggest you start trying to broaden your horizons or perhaps re-think your obsession with flat-pack furniture stores.
They do have some nice-ish things, but really it's mostly utiltiltarian-get-it-done-for-the-lowest-possible- price-while-saving-on-everything-including-style.
And yes, I really did just use 15 hyphens in a single sentence paragraph.
My computer workstation lives on an Ikea "Jerker" desk and I have a couple "Billy" bookcases, and my parents gave me a coffee and end-table for which I do not know the names when they fled the big city for the humble cottage and retirement.
On the upside, it is cheap, and no doubt a good percentage of the materials are helping to bring sweat-shop workers into the 21st century and helping transform their 3rd world countries into 2nd or perhaps 1st. (ok ok, that is wishful thinking, but it will happen eventually and the world will run out of countries to exploit for cheap labour... The sooner that happens the better since people will be fed up of having to buy the same damn kitchen utensil over and over and over again after the cheaply made ones break again and again and again).
Ikea is great to get you the stuff you need to hold your stuff so your humble abode will not look like a disgusting hobo shelter, or look like you're a hoarder with piles of books, knick-nacks and the general crap that we all tend to accumulate over the years. -
Review from Robin D.
1/29/2011
I love IKEA too. This one is convenient located a block from Leslie Station.
Just like your regular IKEA. Cheap furniture at cheap prices. They make redecorating yourself easy or at least easier!! -
Review from Danielle F.
Toronto, ON
9/14/2010
Ikea is the mecca of all things cheap and cute. From a two year old, university student to your grandma, there is somethng for everyone. Well, maybe not your grandma unless she's really hip- they've got a lot of modern stuff.
Anyways, I found and wanted to buy a lot of nice things. But so much of it was sold out! It's quite a trek out there and given the size of the place it should be a one stop shop. You shouldn't HAVE to go out to Vaughan to buy your bed, box spring and mattress.
After spending hours going round and round in the deliberately twisty building, I needed a hot dog. How delightful it is that the line to the cashier is long enough for you to leave your things with a friend, go in another long line, get the hot dogs only to come back and find you haven't even been served yet.
As for the hot dog, I literally cannot complain- it was 99 cents. However I will say I was sad that I couldn't have a cinnamon bun. There was just one, cold looking one left and they were not replacing the tray until someone picked up the lonely one .
So all I can say is, shape up North York! The Vaughan location (where we went afterwards) is schooling you with more product, shorter lines and fresher food! -
Review from Michael V.
Toronto, ON
7/24/2010 2 Check-ins Here
This location has the best As-Is. If I dig around enough I can find what I need.
The checkout is getting better. With the "self-checkout", you can get out a lot quicker. As well, with the wacky Wednesdays, there are lots to save on... Mind you, it's still Ikea.... you have to build everything yourself. -
Review from Eileen C.
Scarborough, ON
1/6/2011
This place is like one big fun aisle.
Lots to look at and check out.
I also think the food is a great deal and tastes great too.
My only complaint is the line ups, parking and that there are only a few washrooms.
Meatballs..........mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm -
Review from August L.
1/7/2010
Whenever I walk into my friends' houses, it's like a walk into an Ikea store. I find most young adults buy their things from Ikea since it's fairly cheap and stylish. Since I don't really buy anything, my review is based on a 3 things.
$0.99 BREAKFAST
The best value for 99 cents. I mean you get 2 sausages, eggs and tator bits. And I was full after eating my plate. Free water too! For you coffee drinkers, the coffee is $1.00 too. Not sure how it tastes but it's a buck for a caffeine boost. Not bad I say.
RETURNS with NO RECEIPT
So as a Christmas gift I got pots. One of those coming of age presents I guess....gearing me up for wifehood? right.... Anyways so I went to see if I could return it without a receipt. Turns out you can get a gift card of the products retail value (lower of current price or sales price in the past year). Not bad eh? They only allow you to do this once a year per household. My only main complaint is that I had to wait at least 45 minutes for my return. This was way too long and the number of ppl who came behind me increased at an increasing rate. They really needed to have another person on staff handling returns. I hate waiting.
# OF CUSTOMERS
I do agree that this place is way over-crowded. I went at 11 o'clock on a weekday and I still bumped into people. I remember going in on a weekend in the past and there was no room to push my buggy. What's even more difficult is that when you get to the kitchenware, there is even less room. So not a fan of the overcrowding but at least you know IKEA hasn't been hurt by the recession! -
Review from Ariel G.
8/24/2009
It is OK for many things...but its over-crowded. They sure have good value, but generally speaking, a quality that matches their prices.
Their coffee is good and cheap, and they have a few food items that are outstanding. A great fish roe in a tube and some awesome cookies.
On the furniture side, they offer value and convenience, but possibly the least green approach to buying furniture. All their stuff just won't last. It is made with compressed 'cardboard', or composites that will not produce a 'life' for their furniture. They do have a few 'better' items in real woods, but they are few.
Overall a good store. -
Review from Archimedes T.
Toronto, ON
6/2/2010
Went here to try out the breakfast for the first time. Been meaning to do that for years now.
I got some eggs, home fries and two sausages for just over a toonie.
Personally unless you are really close to Ikea or have some other business being there, I won't recommend it.
There is no free wi-fi either.
I'll try it again next time if it is after 11am since that is when their breakfast is over. -
Review from Amanda A.
Toronto, ON
8/24/2009
Ikea, I love you, and I especially love this location.
The Swedes knew what they were doing when they built this location. Lots of stairs, and a child minding service right at the front door with an enticing, colourful ball-pit.. Know what this means? A shortage of people ramming into you with their strollers around every corner!
This is my favourite Ikea to go to - even on a Saturday its not overwhelmingly busy. I like that they've added the self checkout area now, it does seem to make lineups go faster. Note: if you want home delivery, do not use self check-out. For whatever reason, this won't work and you'll find yourself at customer service for a ridiculous amount of time.
As always, with Ikea, know what you're buying. If you are buying the particle board stuff, don't expect it to last a lifetime. I do find they have some higher quality stuff that is excellent though.
Oh, and you can't go without getting meatballs at the cafeteria. You just can't. -
Review from Sandra M.
4/15/2011
I`m a frequent visitor and often spend time just browsing. At the end of such hard work, I always treat myself to frozen yoghurt. This time, I was actually helping my sister who was purchasing a number of shelving units for her mega-cd collection. After consulting with an IKEA employee, we were directed to the self-serve area and discovered, to our dismay, that not all the pieces were in stock: hence, the reason for a large number of abandoned carts full of boxes in the aisles. People obviously weren`t finding all the pieces. Given the fact that our list and selection had been generated by an official IKEA computer, I was hoping for a little more accuracy.
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Review from Joanne W.
1/11/2011
$0.50 cent hot dogs. A girl can't complain.
